All The Rookies Seem To Love The Chiefs

Our first job, saying good things about the all-star coaching staff. Just happy to have an opportunity to compete for a job. They’re saying the right things right now. Check back after training camp starts.

Must avoid all independent thought

All of these guys were wanted by these coaches and all of these guys are coachable.
I imagine that all have had worse coaches at some time and can take a jab by now at what they are not doing right, YET

Because I also love the Chiefs…

If I’m an unemployed college student fresh out of campus. They call that positive attitude …. being NAIVE!

Javy just came out of a program that wants to present a similarly united front in the media, so this is kind of old hat to him.

Sure, it kind of sucks from the media and fan perspective, but if the players really buy into that mentality, it can solidify that “us against the world” team mentality and bring everyone together.

Jake likes it when the boss signs his paycheck.

I am in the process of taking on more responsibility at work, and it is accompanied by pay increase. Not as big as it would have been a few years ago, but you will not hear me complain, I am incredibly blessed to be employed, much less being recognized for hanging in there and contributing at a high level.

What’s the point of sharing all this? Because I love my employer. We have a great ownership group that is smart about the money it spends and has plenty to ride the storm out for a while. I am in a great position with a great future with this employer. What you will hear from me will be very similar to what these guys are saying about the Chiefs, and not a bit of it is fake or scripted. It is a product of being picked for a position (Drafted) and discussing what I can further contribute with this additional empowerment (training camp/rookie camp), what I am willing to do to prove myself (plug in a work hard where ever the “coaches/directors” see fit), and signing that fat rookie contract (Raise).

So this is what I took it as…and I 100% understand. There are only so many ways you can say “these coaches are the best, i’m on board”

I’d say this was just propagated BS fed to rookies for each and every NFL team.

I’ve followed this team closely enough for the past several years to know that thins are different at Arrowhead now. There IS an energetic buzz that can be felt. We have some young, talented up and comers (Charles, Flowers, Bowe) that have potential to be super stars. We have a dedicated coaching staff. We have a reat football minded GM.

If it wasn’t for all that then I’d be expecting another year of sub-mediocrity permeating from the field. I can’t sense that though. It seems that the culture has changed and the players, coaches and staff are all on the same page. It’s an exciting time to be a fan. I imagine it would be an exciting time to be a player as well. The foundation seems to be laid for real SB contention. I bet these rookies can feel it as well.

Granted, they are coached in what to say to the media and all that… but there’s more to it than that. There are a lot of Championship rings between the Chiefs staff to make these guys listen and pay attention. We might finally be in the process of drafting good talent… and then ACTUALLY developing it. That’s something we haven’t been able to do consistently since Schottenheimer.

No one made Eric Berry say “I always wanted to be a Chief, baby!” when he was on the draft phone with Pioli.

He could have just as easily said, “I’m excited to be a Chief” or “I can’t wait to play for you”.

I don’t think that all of what we’re hearing from rookies and even veterans is being force-fed to them. Not always.

“Yeah, I was excited to be drafted by the Chiefs until they introduced me to coach Haley. Guy is a freaking asshole. I’ll be holding out until they find a way to trade me out of town.”

“I just got drafted by a 4-12 team. How do you think I feel about playing with these losers?”

Yes, I would like to know what they actually think or know, but would much rather win games than have our opponents get the information.

Almost all of them have been Team Captains and have been coached for years on saying the right things. I would rather have that than someone bragging about how good they are and how its all about them.